Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cloonrabrackan, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonrabrackan
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78510, -8.06787
- SMR number
- RO023-181001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On top of a low drumlin. Oval grass-covered area (dims 69m N-S; 42.4m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.6-4.2m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.3m at W to 1.6m at N) with facing-stones visible at NNE, E and W (at W: original Wth 1.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5.2-6m; Wth of base 3.1-3.6m; D 0.4-0.5m). The stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.8m), now widened on the N side (Wth 5m), is at E, and 6m S of this the grass-covered foundations of a wall (Wth 1.4m; H 0.3m; L 4m), perhaps the remains of a house (RO023-181002-), run W from the inner face of the bank. Mound (RO023-181003-) is 6m outside the fosse at SW and rath (RO023-182001-) is c. 190m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cairn - clearance cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.